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- September 07, 2006
07 Sep'06
Windows Developments: Product news, September 2006
This month's eight featured products include object relational mapping on .NET, a revived Turbo programmer and tools for SQL data comparison and synchronization.
- September 07, 2006
07 Sep'06
Codejock updates Xtreme line with Office 2007 UI elements
"Ribbon Bar" functionality and other Office 2007 features highlight Codejock's update to its .NET component packages.
- September 06, 2006
06 Sep'06
Windows Presentation Foundation: Another darned revolution
There may be a "silent majority" among working Windows developers who have no intention of learning WPF any time soon. Mike Gunderloy offers reasons for ignoring WPF at the moment.
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- September 05, 2006
05 Sep'06
XAML opens paradigm shift for application development
Microsoft's Extensible Application Markup Language is poised to make it easier for developers and designers to collaborate. It may also mean getting to know workflow.
- August 28, 2006
28 Aug'06
Tuning .NET applications for peak performance
As .NET gains traction as an enterprise platform, experts say .NET app performance management is the next frontier. Many tools aim to make the .NET server pool more manageable.
- August 24, 2006
24 Aug'06
Survey: Time, money often drive choices for Microsoft developers
VB 6 still dominates the landscape, but developers are gradually adopting VB.NET and C# where practical, and adding Web app development to the many hats they wear.
- August 23, 2006
23 Aug'06
Views on Microsoft's .NET language symposium
Microsoft has always favored the notion that a variety of languages may be employed to build applications. While C# and VB.NET have gotten the brunt of attention during the .NET era, the Common Language Runtime is intended to support a wider variety...
- August 22, 2006
22 Aug'06
The wiki-fication of MSDN
Microsoft now allows registered users to leave comments on MSDN, its developer documentation site. Mike Gunderloy finds the user posts helpful but says Microsoft must do more if it wants to call the site a wiki.
- August 17, 2006
17 Aug'06
Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 now available
Microsoft has released a major update to its Visual Studio 2003 IDE.
- August 16, 2006
16 Aug'06
Saying yes, no or maybe to stored procedures
The world of software somewhat resembles a pendulum. Styles of development swing in and out of favor. Take stored procedures, which work to some extent and may sometimes be the shortest way to a successful project.
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- August 14, 2006
14 Aug'06
Should Visual Studio Express be part of Vista?
The blogosphere is beginning to buzz with debate on whether Visual Studio Express, already available as a free download, should be part of the Windows Vista package.
- August 04, 2006
04 Aug'06
SearchVB.com podcast: What readers said about the state of VB
Our latest podcast looks at the results of a recent reader survey. Find out what two of your peers said about VB in particular and software development in general.
- August 04, 2006
04 Aug'06
Windows Live Spaces, gadget development site debut
Microsoft has unwrapped Windows Live Spaces, its successor to MSN Spaces. Among the features is a site where developers can build custom gadgets.
- August 02, 2006
02 Aug'06
Ektron rolls out community site for Web developers
The company's DevCenter includes technical articles, forums and tutorials for both ASP.NET applications and Ektron's CMS400.NET platform.
- August 02, 2006
02 Aug'06
Quest unveils two .NET application managers
Quest Software has released two application management tools for .NET apps and Web services.